Attached is the discussion and after the discussion is answered, I will post the two responses.

Liberty University

The Purpose of Government

Anon A. Muss

PPOG 500

Professor Smith

April 1, 2009

The Purpose of Government

A lot of people wonder what is the purpose of government, why is it there anyway? This is a good question because even though many people think they know what the purpose of government is, other people disagree and this sometimes can cause government to not be affective. This is because people in Washington are always fighting over things that don’t matter very much but don’t pay enough attention to solving problems. I think the purpose of government is to do what the people tell them to do, that is why they elected them.

I think government is the worker that works for the people who tell them what they want them to do by the way they vote at the election poll. I don’t like it when people in the congress don’t do what the constitution said. The constitution gives people rights and let’s people be free to do what ever they want with their own lives. (constitution, 1776). Everyone wants themself to be free and to enjoy that freedom like the constitution and the people who wrote it wanted.

I think it is important for those people who the people trust with leading the government do a good job to meet everybodys needs, whatever kind they might be, this is what governments do, they solve everybodys needs so that everything is fair and everyone is equal.

The constitution makes it governments job to make sure that everybody is treated equal (14 amendment). People all are wanting to be equal and this menes that government must do what the people tell them to do. Why else do people vote them in office? What good would it be if it did not do what the people want for it to do? This is the best thing about how the founders of the constitution were hoping to make America work.

Its a good thing that it’s purpose are written in the constitution so that the people can tell the government that it is supposed to do what the prople want for it to do. I think this is why the people who rote the constitution put in it that there are three different parts to the government, this is called the separation of power. This is so the president can make congress make laws that do what the people want them to do. The constitution also makes the courts have the power to decide when things are done like the constitution wants and when they are not constitutional. I think this is a huge idea because this is the reason that the constitution doesn’t let the president or the senators or the people in congress or the lobbyists have too much power. This is why there are checks and balances to make sure no body has to much strength in government.

Conclusion

I think that even though America is a country that is equal everyone is not equal and it is the job of the government to make sure that that it makes everybody equal so that everything is fair, this is why we have the government, this is why we go to the voting poll to vote for people who will make the government better. I think if government was doing everything it was supposed to be doing, more people would be equal in their jobs they have, more people would be equal in the how much money they make, more people would be equal in the house they live in, and more people would be treated equal in their lives. Government is in control of what laws it raises and they can raise up laws that help people who are needing help to get whatever things they are needing from the government to be equal with other people.

Sources

The United states constitution (1776).
Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers
Yahoo answers.. (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006032115863)